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00W's AIO Smorgasbord

Aquarium Profile and Equipment

What type of saltwater aquarium is this?
Mixed Reef
Total Water Volume
115
When did you start this tank?
Jun 16, 2015
What is your aquarium made of?
Glass
Aquarium Length (inches)
48
Aquarium Width (inches)
18
Aquarium Height (inches)
24
Aquarium Overflow/Drain
Drain Style (durso, herbie, etc)
Aquarium Sump
YES
Sump Water Volume
20
Aquarium Stand
Wood
Aquarium Controller
NO
Protein Skimmer
NO
Protein Skimmer Make and Model
Lifereef vs3-24
Aquarium Reactors
  1. None
Return Pump
Eheim compaction 3000
What types of equipment are you using for water flow and circulation?
  1. Powerhead
  2. Wavemaker
Water Flow and Circulation Equipment List
Jebao OW 20 x2, OW10, Jebao 1300, 2 sicce small WaveMaker.
Aquarium Lighting
  1. T5 Fluorescent
  2. Natural Sunlight
Lighting Equipment List
Odyssea T5 HO fixture
Lighting PAR and Goals
Low
Dosing Equipment Detail
None
Auto Top Off or ATO
NO
Aquarium Heating and Cooling
  1. I am using a heater or heaters
Water Temperature
77
Heating and Cooling Equipment Detail
Eheim 300w with ink bird controller

Aquarium Water Chemistry and Parameters

pH Level
8.3
Specific Gravity
1.027
Nitrate or NO3
19
Phosphate or PO4
1.12
Calcium
440
Alkalinity
7
Magnesium
1300
Salt Brand
Red sea blue bucket
Trace Element Dosing
Kent essential elements

Aquarium Natural and Mechanical Filtration

Substrate
Bare Bottom (BB)
Substrate Level
No Substrate
Live Rock
75
Live Rock Type
Unknown
Nutrient Export
  1. Protein Skimmer
  2. Filter Sock
Water Changes
YES
Water Change Details
10% every Monday

Aquarium Tank Inhabitants (fish, coral, invert etc.)

Fish List
  1. Angelfish
  2. Clownfish
  3. Surgeonfish Tang
  4. Other Predatory
Total Fish
4
Coral List
  1. Zoanthids
  2. Soft Coral
  3. Mushroom Coral
  4. Other
Total Corals
6
Invert List
  1. Anemone
  2. Snails
  3. None
Total Inverts
0
Livestock Detail
Have a trigger which is not listed.
Livestock Quarantine
  1. No Quarantine

Aquarium Nutrition (fish, coral, invert etc. feeding)

Fish Feeding Frequency
Multiple Daily Feedings
Coral Feeding Frequency
Do Not Feed Coral Directly
Fish and Coral Feeding
  1. Flake
  2. Pellet
  3. Frozen
  4. Algae Strips
  5. Other
Auto Feeder
NO

Additional Aquarium Information

What do you think are the keys to your success in reefing?
Patience
Had a really scary morning! My phone sent me alerts my tank wasnt within proper temp and ph.... somehow the pump got shut off last night.... when i turned the pump on, i forgot that the heaters were cooking the sump all night and jacked the temp right up.... needless to say every peice of ice, and femi freezer burnt peice of anything in the freezer went into gallon zip locks and into the sump
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Man. I hope everything is ok!
 
It's sitting on a make shift stand using an old door and two cinder blocks. That way it is up higher so I can work on it. My step son moved in and he had most of his crap in the garage and I can't get to my saw horses or workbench.
 
Yes Luis.
This whole week has been crazy but the last two days have kicked my...
Sorry Joel! I hope you can rest on Sunday sir
 
No sir. I haven't put the base or top on it yet.
I think you might need a vertical support under the horizontal ends.unless this vertical board with green arrow is sitting under the horizontal green board?

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Finally felt well enough to work on the chicken coop. Now have to drive two hours to Portland to put my two eldest boys on a redeye flight to Minnesota.
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I've made so many errors on this build, but we're getting there. As my grandfather and father used to say, "We're not sending it to the moon!"
 
I've made so many errors on this build, but we're getting there. As my grandfather and father used to say, "We're not sending it to the moon!"
One time my grandfather (Bob for convenience sake) was in his machine/welding shop and a farmer (Bill for convenience sake) was drilling a piece of metal for his project. Bill repeatedly marked the holes, measured his marks, erased them, and marked them again. Bob walked over quickly marked the spots and center-punched them and said, "You're not building a piano!" Bill replied, "It's gonna be a violin though!"
 
Had a really scary morning! My phone sent me alerts my tank wasnt within proper temp and ph.... somehow the pump got shut off last night.... when i turned the pump on, i forgot that the heaters were cooking the sump all night and jacked the temp right up.... needless to say every peice of ice, and femi freezer burnt peice of anything in the freezer went into gallon zip locks and into the sump
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Your heaters are on a controller, right? I understand that the controllers were trying to heat up the water because the display was cold, but do your heaters not have controllers in the unit? I have them set to 83 so 1) if the controller ever fails, it won't cook the tank and 2) for instances like yours.
 

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